Singlespeed & Fixed Gear"I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five.
Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft...As for me, give me a fixed gear!"-- Henri Desgrange (31 January 1865 - 16 August 1940)

It's a pretty wild ride down that hill without brakes. My issue was too long of a spindle making my chain line untrue. I guess the chain must have hooked onto one of the teeth as it was ripped clear off my bike to my impending doom.

This happened to me once before. Luckily I had an umbrella with me. As I was flying down this hill with no brakes / chain I balanced myself up on my top tube, took a flying leap, opened my umbrella and glided safely to the ground unscathed.

Foot in back tire is the best thing to do, most people that ride brakeless bmx bikes only do this, so it shouldn't be too bad to use as a last resort if people rely on it as a primary source of braking.

Foot in back tire is the best thing to do, most people that ride brakeless bmx bikes only do this, so it shouldn't be too bad to use as a last resort if people rely on it as a primary source of braking.

Most people that ride brakeless BMX are also 13 years old, not yet through puberty, and pushing a 28/16 gear so they ain't moving very fast.